The original Site history: Stories from, relationships with the Shoshone-Bannock people
Editor’s note: This story is partially adapted from a Tribal historical write-up titled “The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.” One story about the land where the Idaho National Laboratory Site now sits begins with a muskrat. In the “Legend of Creation” held by the Bannock Tribe, the area used to be “nothing but water.” As the story goes, […]
Unraveling a mammoth-sized mystery
An INL archeologist, is the corresponding author on a new article about Owl Cave for American Antiquity for the Society for American Archaeology.
Unique obsidian geochemical signatures provide a scientific lens to the past
INL archaeologists are obsidian originating in southeast Idaho to provide clues about Native American travel and trade routes over the past 13,000 years.
Search dogs aid in the hunt for pioneer remains on Idaho site
An INL archaeology team is leading an effort to uncover the remains of a pioneer buried beneath the ground somewhere within the desert Site.
Family visits bomber crash site found by INL historians
INL historians helped Nancy Gavalis stand at the place on the Idaho sage desert where her father, lost his life almost 72 years earlier.